Finding ways to unwind and switch off is just as important as working very hard.
Everyone knows that I'm not very nice when I'm hungry.
It took me a while to process myself as a cat - it's not something you see every day.
I've always just done ballet, and I feel like I'm sort of living the dream.
It's just very surreal for someone who doesn't sing in public to suddenly be singing with Jennifer Hudson.
My dad was teaching in Kenya, and my grandparents came to visit me there. They brought me to England, and my dad continued to teach for a bit after, so I just continued to live with my grandparents, because that became home, really.
I love to laugh as much as possible.
I love all of the ballets that have a really strong story in them where I get to play a character. I don't enjoy the ones that are more technical without a story line and it's just me on stage dancing.
You can't live your life with regrets about not doing something. It's so much better to just go for it.
I'm rubbish at maths but I would like to have been a pilot.
When I was younger I used to dance to lots of ballet videos.
I had to learn about how to use my voice as an instrument, like a muscle in my body when I dance. I had no idea how much you could do with your voice and how much you have to look after it.
I'm very proud of the colour of my skin and that I'm inspiring people from all backgrounds, but I think it will be great for the next mixed-race or black female principal dancer if she doesn't have to be asked about that.
I learned after a while that you are the only one who can take care of yourself.
For a long time everyone had a stereotype of ballet that it was easy and that we were just prancing around. But thanks to the Internet, and being able to share live performances and broadcast them to the world so that everyone can experience the ballet, I think it's inspiring people we wouldn't normally be able to reach.
Manon' still feels like it didn't really happen, because it is such a mammoth ballet and I can't believe I did that.
I was a waitress at a local pub. I was really bad with money and it taught me the value of it as I was on minimum wage.
On stage I have to amplify some of my emotions with my back or make something a little bit more obvious because my audience might be very far away from me, or very high up and find it harder to read what I'm trying to express.
With Juliet, if you read the Shake'speare there is quite a clear idea of how she should be, but with the ballet you can get your teeth into her even more because there are loads of moments when you realise she is growing up.
I always enjoy ballet when you can read the situation very precisely, when I could tell you exactly which sentence that person is saying to that person even when they're not speaking and just moving their hand.
